Finland
Latest Average Wage
−0.1% · 5 years
$63,053
Country Comparison
Finland vs Slovenia
Compare average wages, long-term wage changes and eight consumer price categories using OECD data.
At a Glance
Finland
vs
Slovenia
$63,0532025
Latest Average Wage
Slovenia +0.5%
(vs Finland)
$63,3762025
−0.1%2025
5-Year Wage Change
Slovenia +12.3 pts
(vs Finland)
+12.2%2025
+3.8%2025
10-Year Wage Change
Slovenia +25.6 pts
(vs Finland)
+29.4%2025
83.82024
Overall Price Level
Finland +24.6 index points
(vs Slovenia)
59.22024
Wages are PPP-adjusted average annual wages; price levels use the United States reference of 100. Years shown are each country's latest reported observation.
How Wages Have Changed
Follow PPP-adjusted average annual wages in constant prices across both economies.
USD PPP, constant prices · missing years shown as gaps, never interpolated
Slovenia
Latest Average Wage
+12.2% · 5 years
$63,376
Wage Milestones
Finland
10 Years Ago
$60,740 (2015)
Historical Peak
$65,186 (2021)
Latest Wage
$63,053 (2025)
Slovenia
10 Years Ago
$48,985 (2015)
Historical Peak
$63,376 (2025)
Latest Wage
$63,376 (2025)
Compare Everyday Price Levels
See how eight consumer price categories compare with the United States reference value of 100.
United States = 100 · Differences shown in index points
Finland (FIN)Slovenia (SVN)
Overall
+24.6 index points
100
83.8vs59.2
Food
+7.5 index points
100
93.1vs85.6
Clothing
+21.6 index points
100
109vs87.4
Housing
+28.5 index points
100
70.7vs42.2
Health
+28.9 index points
100
75.4vs46.5
Transport
+26.0 index points
100
117vs91
Recreation
+27.6 index points
100
101vs73.4
Restaurants & Accommodation
+29.8 index points
100
103vs73.2
What Stands Out
01
Latest Wage Gap
Slovenia's latest average wage is $63,376 for 2025, about 0.5% higher than Finland's $63,053 for 2025 — a percentage worked out directly from the two reported figures. In annual terms the gap comes to about $322 on the same PPP basis.
02
Stronger Recent Trend
On the latest one-year change, Slovenia shows the stronger movement at +5.5%, against +1.1% for Finland. The five-year horizon keeps the same ordering: +12.2% against −0.1%. Both percentages are real, PPP-adjusted changes from the reported wage series.
03
Largest Price Gap
Restaurants & Accommodation shows the widest price gap of the comparable categories in 2024: 103 for Finland against 73.2 for Slovenia. That is a separation of 29.8 index points on the US=100 scale, with Finland on the higher side and Slovenia on the lower one. Index points are not percentages; the two scales answer different questions.
04
Closest Price Category
The closest category is Food: Finland reads 93.1 and Slovenia 85.6 for 2024, just 7.5 index points apart on the US=100 scale. The next closest is Clothing at 21.6 index points apart. Two readings this close mean the category sits at nearly the same point of the US=100 scale for both.
Understanding the Comparison
Wage Position
Finland and Slovenia report nearly the same PPP-adjusted average annual wage: $63,376 for 2025, against $63,053 for 2025. The difference is 0.5% in relative terms — a percentage calculated from the two reported values — or roughly $322 a year, which is small next to either figure. Because both values already sit on the same USD PPP, constant-2025-price footing, the comparison adjusts for price-level differences between the two economies. Over ten years Finland recorded +3.8% and Slovenia +29.4%, so the two series have been moving in the same long-term direction. For most side-by-side readings the two wage levels can be treated as equivalent within this dataset.
Wage Direction
No single shared direction describes this pairing; each side follows its own recent path. Finland is partway through a recovery: the latest year added +1.1%, though the level remains 3.3% below its peak. Slovenia sits at the highest point of its series — $63,376 in 2025 is also the historical peak, with a ten-year change of +29.4%. With the five-year changes at −0.1% for Finland and +12.2% for Slovenia, the horizons are clearer when read side by side rather than folded into one trend statement. All changes here are measured in real, PPP-adjusted terms, so they describe purchasing-power movement rather than nominal pay increases.
Price Profile
Finland's overall consumer price level for 2024 reads 83.8, and Slovenia's reads 59.2, each measured against the United States reference of 100. Finland reads higher in 8 of the 8 comparable categories, so the price profile leans consistently to one side. The widest separation is in Restaurants & Accommodation: 103 for Finland against 73.2 for Slovenia, a gap of 29.8 index points. At the other end, Food brings the two closest — 93.1 versus 85.6, a gap of just 7.5 index points. Relative to the US benchmark, Finland reads above 100 in 4 of its 8 reported categories, and Slovenia in 0 of its 8.
Wage and price data should not be combined into a verdict on which country is better to live in.
